Find out how popular the last name Garnica is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Garnica.

Garnica, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Garnica surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Garnica in America

Garnica is the 5820th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Garnica surname appeared 5,941 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Garnica.

We can also compare 2010 data for Garnica to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Garnica

The surname Garnica has its origins in Spain, with records indicating its presence as early as the 12th century. It is believed to have derived from the Spanish word "garnica," which means a kind of forest or woodland. The name may have initially referred to individuals who lived near or worked in such areas.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Garnica can be found in a medieval manuscript from the region of Castile, dated around 1150. This document mentions a landowner named Pedro de Garnica, who held property in the village of Garnica, located in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula.

During the 13th century, the surname Garnica appeared in several official records related to trade and land ownership in the cities of Burgos and Valladolid. It is likely that members of the Garnica family were involved in agricultural or forestry-related activities during this period.

In the 15th century, a notable figure bearing the surname Garnica was Juan de Garnica, a respected scholar and theologian who taught at the University of Salamanca. He was born in the town of Garnica around 1420 and contributed significantly to the intellectual discourse of his time.

Another prominent individual with the Garnica surname was Rodrigo de Garnica, a Spanish explorer and navigator who participated in several expeditions to the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He accompanied Christopher Columbus on his third voyage to the New World in 1498 and later served as a pilot for other Spanish voyages to the Caribbean and Central America.

In the 17th century, the Garnica family had established a presence in various parts of Spain, including Andalusia and Catalonia. One notable member from this period was María de Garnica, a celebrated poet and writer who was born in Seville in 1620. Her works explored themes of love, spirituality, and the human condition.

As the centuries passed, the Garnica surname continued to spread across Spain and eventually to other parts of the world, including Latin America and the United States, as a result of Spanish colonization and migration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Garnica

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Garnica.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Garnica was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Garnica has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Garnica was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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